Middle East
The Latest
-
Opinion Like Nixon, Trump Carries Baggage To The Middle East
In this season of final exams, let’s take a brief test on American political history. It consists of a scenario, a question, and four possible answers. If you feel a wave of déjà vu as you proceed, don’t panic. It’s perfectly appropriate. Here we go. You are the president of the United States. You or…
-
Fast Forward House Dems Urge Trump To Preserve ‘Two States’
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The overwhelming majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives urged President Donald Trump to reaffirm the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as U.S. policy. With 187 of 193 voting Democrats signing, the letter to Trump released Friday is a pointed reminder of how divided the parties remain on how…
-
News On Mideast Peace, Trump The Bomb-Thrower Starting To Looks Like Mr. Normal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Trump administration rhetoric about Israeli-Palestinian peace is typical of a president who would make everything great: President Donald Trump is going to bring about a “historic” deal, the White House has said, one that would “reverberate positively throughout the region and the world.” What isn’t typical, at least for a president who has…
-
Fast Forward Which Middle Eastern Airlines Scrub Israel From Their Maps?
Some popular Middle Eastern airlines completely erase Israel’s name off otherwise comprehensive world maps, regardless of if they fly there or not. Why is this? For example, Qatar Airways and Saudia and Kuwait Airways all omit Israel, the Economist reported. Still other airlines take another approach. Egypt Air does include Israel on its map —…
-
Recipes The Secret to Perfect Falafel
My friend Nancy Silverton went to Israel last year and came home with a rough, scribbled- down secret “recipe” for how to make what she promised were falafel so crispy, crunchy, and flavorful that they turned her, a falafel skeptic, into a believer. The first time I looked at it, I thought there was something…
-
Opinion What Trump Can Do for Mideast Peace on Day One
(JTA) — In the run-up to his swearing-in on Friday, President Donald Trump made a series of big promises to Israel. Aside from his oft-repeated pledge to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, he has talked about reviving the peace process with the Palestinians, with a goal of achieving a deal before he…
-
Fast Forward Trump: If Jared Kushner Can’t Broker Middle East Peace, Nobody Can
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump said that if his son-in-law Jared Kushner cannot produce peace in the Middle East, then “nobody can.” Trump referenced Kushner, a Jew who married Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka after her Orthodox conversion to Judaism, during a VIP reception and candlelight dinner Thursday night at Union Station in Washington D.C. ahead of…
-
Fast Forward John Kerry Will Lay Out ‘Comprehensive’ Two-State Vision for Mideast Peace — Israel Worried
Secretary of State John Kerry will lay out his vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a speech on Wednesday, days after the United States cleared the way for a U.N. resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements. The speech, less than a month before President Barack Obama leaves office, is expected to be the…
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Bob Dylan warned us about guys like Stephen Miller
- 2
Fast Forward The judge in Maduro’s case is an Orthodox Jew — and displays a Torah verse in his chambers
- 3
News He stormed the Capitol wearing a Camp Auschwitz sweatshirt 5 years ago. Where is he now?
- 4
Opinion The ICE shooting in Minneapolis shattered my Holocaust survivor father’s American dream
In Case You Missed It
-
News Why protests in Iran seem surprisingly pro-Israel
-
Opinion God heard the cries of Israelites in Egypt. Who will respond to our devastation in Minnesota?
-
Culture These are the right-wing extremists we’re watching out for in 2026
-
Looking Forward Emma Goldman, superstar? The Jewish anarchist has a surprising role to play in American musical theater
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
